Colter.



PATENTED APR. s, 190e.

J. MOELLER.

GOLTER.

xoATIoN FILED 00T. 7, 190s 4 3140 Jhrv/ Moeller'.

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. III HH ||||||||||||:l|||||l||l JOHN MOELLER, OF BAY PORT,

MICHIGAN.

CULTE@- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .April 3, 1906.

Application lecl October 7,1905. Serial No. 281,819.

To a/Z whom rit may concern:

Beit known that I, J on'N MOELLER, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Bay lort, in the county of Huron and State of Michigan, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Colters, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to plow attachments, being designed especiallyfor use in connection with colters,and has for its objects to produce acomparatively simple and inexpensive device of the character describedwhereby the colter may be firmly attached to the plow and one wherebythe colter may be quickly adjusted in a vertical plane or in a directionlongitudinally of the plow-beam and readily secured. in its adjusted.position.

With these and. other objects in view the inventioncomprises the novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts more fully hereinafterdescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plowequipped with an attachment embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section centrally through the bearing member. Fig.3 is a section. taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a horizontalsection taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, l1 designates a plow having a beam 2, theseparts being of the usual construction and material and adapted inpractice to perform their ordinary functions.

Attached to the beam 2 by means of fastening members or bolts 3 is atubular bearing member or'socket 4, provided at its upper end withoppositely-disposed laterally-projecting portions or lugs 5 of wedgeshape .in cross-section to present lower inclined faces 6, adapted tobear on the correspondinglyinclined faces 7 of clip members or plates 8,with which the bolts 3 are engaged, while formed in one side face of themember 4 is a groove or channel 9, terminating at its lower end. in apair of spaced bearing-ears 10, between which is pivoted au operatingmember or lever 11, engaged at its lower end with a locking member orpin 12, extended transversely through the member 4, the side walls ofwhich are provided with perforations 13 to receive the pin, which isnormally maintained in locking position. by means of a spring 14,arranged in the groove 9, and secured inplace by means of a pin 15,engaged at its end with the seen in Fig. 4.

Disposed in advance of the plow 1 is a mem'- bei' or colter 15, having ashank or standard 16 seated in the bearing member 4 and provided with avertically-spaced series of transversc openings or perforations 17, anyone of which may be brought to register with the openings 13 for thereception of the locking member or pin 12 to secure the standard againstmovement, it being noted in this connection that the Vmember 4constitutes, in eFect, a section or continuation of the standard.

In practice, when it is desired to adjust the standard 16 for varyingthe` depth of the member or colter relative to the ground-sur face, thevupper end of the lever 11 is swung inward against action of spring 14,thus moving the locking-pin .12 outward in the direction indicated bythe arrow in Fig. 4, wlicreupon the standard may be moved freely upwardor downward to the properlyadjusted position and again locked by meansof the pin 11, which will be automatically returned to locking positionunder the'action of spring 14 on the lever 11 upon release of thelatter, it being understood that in adjusting the p arts different onesof the perforations 17 will be brought .into register with the openings13. Ready adjustment of the bearing member 4 in a directionlongitudinally ofthe beam 2 for properly positioning the colter relativeto the plow may be effected byloosening the bolts 3, the inclined facesof the lugs 7 and clip-plates 8 serving in this connection for properlyclamping the bearing member to the beam when the bolts 3 are tightened.

From the foregoing it is apparent that .l produce a simple. andinexpensive device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends inview, it being understood that minor changes in the details herein setforth may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what .l claim as new is l. Ina device of the class described, a tubular bearing .member adapted forconnection thereto and provided with projecting lugs having .inclinedlower faces, clip-plates having correspondingly-inclined 'Lipper facesdesigned to bear on the inclined faces of the lugs, connecting-boltsengaged with the clipplates and j peratively engaged with the walls ofthe groove, as

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beam for attaching the bearing member thereto, a colter-shank arrangedfor longitudinal adjustment in said member, and means for xing the shankin its adjusted positions.

2. In a device of the class described, a beam, a tubular bearing memberconnected therewith and having a longitudinal groove, an operating-leverpivoted to said bearing member, a locking-key extended transverselythrough the latter and connected with the lever, a shank arranged forlongitudinal movement in the bearing member and provisioned with aplurality of openingsto receive the lockingkey, a spring seated in thegroove and designed to act on the lever for maintainingtheA key normallyin locking position, and a springretaining pin extended transversely ofthe groove and terminally engaged with the Wheels thereof.

In testimony whereof I a'hx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN h/IOELLER.

Witnesses 1 OLIN PENGRA, Oris PENGRA.

